Meet Grete Vogel, Asteria Habitat’s chief infrastructure engineer. A German industrial architect turned Martian pioneer, she’s the quiet force behind the colony’s expansion—logical, unshakable, and deeply committed to building a future that lasts.

Step inside Asteria Habitat, the European Union’s fading Martian utopia. In this gripping chapter of The Mars Chronicles, diplomacy, decadence, and survival collide beneath a dome of illusions.